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From Sugarcane Fields to Scientific Conservation: UP IFS Kirti Chaudhary’s New-Age Fight for Human-Wildlife Coexistence

10 September 2026

Ayodhya Prasad Singh

From radio-collaring a conflict leopard to empowering Bagh Mitras and Gaj Mitras, young IFS officer Kirti Chaudhary is using technology and community action...

Beyond Headlines

He Started With a Wooden Bat. Today, Brajesh Dwivedi Is Building a Future for Differently-Abled Cricket

10 September 2026

Muskan Khandelwal

Brajesh Dwivedi’s journey from playing cricket with a wooden bat to captaining India in differently-abled...

Eco Warrior Awards

How IFS Diganth Nayak Turned a Human-Dominated Landscape Into a Tiger Habitat

10 September 2026

Bhakti Kothari

IFS officer Diganth Nayak transformed Ramnagar through habitat restoration, corridor protection and community...

Video Story

From Mayapuri to Mizoram: How IPS Sharad Agarwal Built a Career Across Policing’s Toughest Domains

9 September 2026

Pallavi Priya

- From labour unrest and radioactive-material investigations to CBI probes and economic offences, Sharad...

Eco Warrior Awards

Devesh Pandey: The IFS Officer Giving a Fighting Chance to the Himalayan Newt in Darjeeling Hills

9 September 2026

Bhakti Kothari

IFS officer Devesh Pandey is protecting Darjeeling’s Himalayan Newt through habitat restoration, scientific...

NEWS

Gujarat

Visavadar Traffic Relief Gets Green Light as Gujarat Approves ₹20 Crore Bypass

10 September 2026

Gujarat

Gujarat Cracks Down on Adulterated Feed with New Livestock Law

10 September 2026

Chhattisgarh

From Startups to Global Markets: Chhattisgarh Cabinet Unveils 5 Key Development Decisions

10 September 2026

Jharkhand

Jharkhand BharatNet Phase-III: High-Speed Internet to Reach 26,777 Villages

10 September 2026

Bihar

Bihar Woos Investors with New Sugarcane Policy, Targets 25 New Sugar Mills

10 September 2026

Must Read

Noida NSA Case: UP to Challenge HC Rebuke to DM Medha Roopam in Supreme Court, SG Tushar Mehta Informs

9 September 2026

BrahMos 2.0? Why India And Russia Want To Make BrahMos Even More Powerful

9 September 2026

Why 46 IPS Officers Were Deputed to CAPFs? Supreme Court Seeks Home Secretary’s Reply

7 September 2026

Videos

He Served in J&K, NIA, UIDAI and ACB. Now Anand Jain Leads Ladakh Police

2 September 2026

Bhakti Kothari

Dr. Sagar Preet Hooda: The Officer Who Came Back To Lead Chandigarh Police

29 August 2026

Bhakti Kothari

From Police Officer to Forensic Pioneer: How Dr Keshav Kumar Made Science a Weapon Against Crime

26 August 2026

Pallavi Priya

Bureaucracy News

Tamil Nadu Rural Development Officials Question Appointment of IAS, IFS Officers as DRDA Project Directors

10 September 2026

Cleared UPSC, But No Government Job: Why Nearly 100 OBC Candidates Are Still Waiting After Supreme Court Verdict

10 September 2026

Delhi Police Reshuffle: 5 IPS Officers Get New Responsibilities, Chinmoy Biswal Gets Additional Charge of IPSO

10 September 2026

Bureaucratic Appointments: IAS Sudhansh Pant Gets Additional Charge of Disability Empowerment Department; P I Sreevidya Empanelled for JS Post

10 September 2026

Who Is Subhas Chandra Lal Das? Former IAS Officer Appointed DERC Chairperson

10 September 2026

West Bengal Reshuffle: 11 IAS Officers Transferred, Key Changes in Personnel, Finance, Agriculture

10 September 2026

PSU News

WCL Director (Finance) Bikram Ghosh Honoured with ‘Asia’s Most Influential CFO’ Award in Bengaluru

10 September 2026

Leadership Continuity: SJVN Extends Additional CMD Charge to Bhupender Gupta for 6 Months

10 September 2026

Explained: How BEML’s Indigenous Engine Will Improve T-90 Tank Performance

10 September 2026

HPCL Receives ‘Inadequate’ ESG Rating with Overall Score of 39 from ESG Risk Assessments & Insights

10 September 2026

Hindustan Aeronautics Appoints Dr. Nikhil Agarwal as Independent Director for Three Years

10 September 2026

IndianOil Launches India’s First In-Car Fuel Payment Solution for Tata Cars, Enabling Seamless Payments

10 September 2026

Central Bank of India Bharat Connect for Business

Digital Milestone: Central Bank of India Becomes First PSU Bank to Launch Bharat Connect for Business

10 September 2026

National Research Development Corporation (NRDC)

Leadership Updates: PESB Recommends Commodore Sanjay Kumar as Next CMD of NRDC

10 September 2026

Defence News

India Is Closer Than Ever To Building Its Own Passenger Jets—HAL Confirms Major Progress

10 September 2026

Inside India’s Secret and Deadly Plan To Build A Himalayan Air Combat Force

10 September 2026

How India Plans to Destroy Lethal Drones Without Bullet, Missile and Costly Counter-Drone Systems

10 September 2026

India Sri Lanka L70 Gun System Upgrade Deal

India-Sri Lanka Defence Partnership Deepens With Advanced L70 Gun Modernisation Deal

10 September 2026

Judiciary News

Biometric Aadhaar Verification For GST Registration

No Biometric Aadhaar, No GST Registration: Delhi High Court’s Nationwide Order Explained

10 September 2026

Can A CRPF Constable Lose Disability Benefits For Not Completing Training? Court Answers

10 September 2026

Akshat Tripathi Case: Why A Magistrate Was Suspended After Issuing A Notice To A Student Protester

10 September 2026

Kerala HC Summons Additional Chief Secretary Over Delay in SNDP Microfinance Case

10 September 2026

CSR News

NTPC Faridabad Partners with UPSIC to Promote Menstrual Health Among School Girls

9 September 2026

BEL Hands Over ₹1.13 Crore Medical Equipment to Panchkula Civil Hospital Under CSR Initiative

9 September 2026

BPCL Project Pragati Achieves 10,000-Mechanic Training Milestone, Boosts BS6 Automotive Skills

8 September 2026

BEL Donates 10 Tipper Vehicles to UPSIDA for Industrial Garbage Collection in Ghaziabad

8 September 2026

Opinion

Features

From Lab to Line: Why Opening DRDO Missile Technology to Private Industry Could Change India’s Defence Game

Col MV Shashidhar

Features

Pariksha Ki Pariksha: Why India Needs to Rethink Its Examination Centres

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Beyond Bureaucracy

How the New Criminal Laws Are Rewiring India's Justice System

23 August 2026

Indian Masterminds Bureau

In Two Years' Journey of New Laws, How Haryana Placed First in The Country, Scoring 95.21/100 in Imp...

“The Goal Is More Than Food Production”: Atish Chandra on the Future of Indian Agriculture

22 August 2026

Indian Masterminds Bureau

India’s agriculture strategy is shifting from simply increasing production to raising farmers’ incomes...

How Gujarat Built India's Most Powerful Industrial Machine

2 August 2026

Indian Masterminds Bureau

How a biennial global summit - Vibrant Gujarat - that changed the rules of investment forever.

UPSC Stories

After 15 Failures, Umar Janj Finally Heard the Words He Had Been Waiting For: ‘I have made it'

4 September 2026

Muskan Khandelwal

Umar Janj from Jaisalmer secured AIR 160 in UPSC CAPF 2025 after 15+ failures, four attempts, four SSBs...

NDA Failures, CAPF Setbacks, Then AIR 248:How Abhishek Parmar Overcame Years of Exam Setbacks

3 September 2026

Pallavi Priya

Abhishek Parmar became the third generation of his family to enter uniformed service after overcoming...

After 3 NDA Attempts and a 7-Mark Miss, Naveen Kumar Saini Gets AIR 7 in UPSC CAPF 2025

24 August 2026

Muskan Khandelwal

Naveen Kumar Saini secured AIR 7 in UPSC CAPF 2025 after multiple NDA and SSB failures and missing CAPF...

Social Media

Odisha IPS Officer Calls for Accountability, Says Indians’ Conduct Abroad Could Affect Visa Policies

1 June 2026

‘Visa Rules Getting Tougher’: IPS Officer Arun Bothra Warns Against Indians’ ‘Uncouth’ Behaviour Abr...

IIT Roorkee Alumnus and IFS Officer Himanshu Tyagi Explains Why Tigers Sleep 16–20 Hours a Day

9 May 2026

“Tigers Understand Calorie Math Better Than Humans,” Says 2020-Batch IFoS Officer Himanshu Tyagi

“We Will Pay a Heavy Price”: IFS Officer Warns as Bengaluru Faces Unusual Heat

28 April 2026

Bengaluru Heatwave Sparks Concern as IFS Officer Flags Deforestation and Urbanisation Impact

Book Reviews

Kavery Nambisan’s Rising Sons Is a Witty, Tender Portrait of India in Transition

5 September 2026

Yauvanika Chopra

Kavery Nambisan’s Rising Sons traces generations, identities and a changing India through humour, tenderness...

Unfiltered and Unapologetic: Ratna Manucha’s Witty Take on the Little Things of Life

22 August 2026

Dr. Sanjeev Chopra

Ratna Manucha’s Unfiltered: The Little Things finds humour, nostalgia and quiet wisdom in the ordinary...

Innocence at Risk: A Father-Daughter Dialogue on Protecting Childhood in the Age of Algorithms

19 August 2026

Pallavi Priya

Written by lawyer Aishwarya Srivastava and her father, retired IPS officer Dr Shailendra Srivastava,...